The Dignity of Chartism, by Dorothy Thompson, edited by Stephen Roberts
Kathryn Gleadle on an admiring and useful tribute to the life and work of a leading social historian
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Cambridge v-c ‘would be concerned about increases in fees’
Stance of Sir Leszek Borysiewicz, who calls fee rise linked to TEF ‘contentious’, appears to contrast with that of Oxford counterpart
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Strikes loom as UCU urges rebuff
Union advocates rejection of pay offer and Prevent strategy implementation
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University and art collaborations ‘the new normal’
Will open doors between the academy and the arts create a golden age?
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Europe’s 200 best universities: who is at the top in 2016?
Ellie Bothwell examines strengths and weaknesses in different higher education systems across the Continent
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Commission to put forward new SME strategy
Brussels, 02 Aug 2005 Enterprise and Industry Commissioner Günter Verheugen has announced that he will launch a new strategy for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in the autumn. 'I will...
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Bedfordshire joins Glasgow in fossil fuel commitment
The University of Bedfordshire has become the second higher education institution in the UK to commit to not investing in the fossil fuel industry
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University of Bristol gets its graduates ‘career ready’
New vice-chancellor Hugh Brady hopes innovation programmes will spur graduates to become social and business entrepreneurs
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Engineering degrees still not appealing to women
Little change in uptake over past 10 years despite millions spent on initiatives to widen participation in STEM subjects
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Strategy 'ignores' HE role in skills provision
The government's skills strategy is disjointed and incomplete because it ignores higher education, the University Vocational Awards Council has said. The strategy fails to recognise the contribution...
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UKTI unit to lure investors with the right mix of risk
Student beds, government bonds and science parks in investment packages assembled by new UK innovation team
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ESRC calls for skills strategy in workplace
Government policies on skills and innovation will not create an economy capable of competing effectively in the global markets, according to a new report. Robert Taylor, media fellow with the...
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University of London vice-chancellor heralds ‘HE innovator’
Sir Adrian Smith on what he feels is the institution’s undeserved reputation for fustiness
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The view from industry
Increased precision, good science and technical rigour are essential to risk-based decision-making. But by themselves they are not enough. People's values can dominate their feelings about a level of...
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Budget 2015: PhD loans up to £25K announced
George Osborne has announced that the government will offer PhD and research-based master’s students income-contingent loans of up to £25,000